Hoover, has written a book "The Fat Eastern Crisis," dealing with Japan's seizure of Manchitria "which" should and almost certainly Will, have a wide elreulation. Apart from the rare Interest of having the inside history, of great events so near to their tine of writing—as a footnote to history the book is invaluable—the style is fascinating, "It. reveals Mr, Stimson as a man of far react ing vision and profound Judgment, while the extremely temperate and balanced nature of* his comments ives them incomparable force. His Indictment of Japan is severe, but hho remains convinced that eventually. {he liberal clements in her, only tomporarily checked by the military outburst of 1931, will gain the upper Mr. Stimson saw from the frst the tremendous Implications for Asia and the world of September 18, 1081, But he hoped that the -liberal-minded Baron Shidehara would triumph and was particularly anxious not to ome bbarrass him by any action that might rouse the Japanese mob. Thus bs fore September was out, the League was urging him to join'in a mission of inquiry to Manchuria and to send a representative to sit at Gonev: council table "The effect," it was would be "dramatic and Mr, Stimson deily re-had no doubt as to the dramatic effect, but I was very gravely concerned as to the. effect which that drama would have upon the people of Japan."
Later on, realizing how things were trending, he did everything he pos sibly could to get the Nine. Pow Trealy put in operation. The elreumstances in which the famous letter to Senator Borah was written are pare ticularly worth reading, ring in Shan hai. 'The trouble is that there are s0 few, if any, records. When Dr. Noe! Davis was' writing his history. of paper-hunting he dug a great deal from the files of the "North-China Daily News." but it is doubtful when ther they have much about polo, except the occasional interport mat ches. I have heard it said that polo was not played, at least regularly, in Shanghai until 1867. After som years it languished, T believe, but there was a. strong' revival in' 1903. In the years before the war pois was very flourishing, associated with such names as the late Brig.-Gen, then Colonel Bruce, the late Mr. John Johnstone, Mr.' K. J. MeEuen, and of course Mr. J. A. Hayes.
Mr. "Norman Leslie was in London to-day; he spends all his time, he says, in his garden at Bourne End, with the new illustrations from "The Times" to help him in tracking down pestiferous insects. Mr. Paueden, rarely. seen in town, was lunching with Mr. W. Nation at the lub to-day "(the latter returns to China on Octobsr 3); he lives near Salisbury and tells me that since his retirement {ror the cares of Insurance in the Fav East last March he finds that two acres of garden provide him with a full day's work month In, month out Mr. C. R. Slowe, of course, Ands full-time occupation in gardening. Mr. Argent, who moved to Cornwall some months ago, does little else believe. And your correspondent having long since given up trying 10 recognize one end of a golf club from the other, finds his best recreation (and, it may be added, incomparable exercise) in delving and weeding. There is no pursuit so soothing and stimulating as gardening, and none which so Perfectly illustrates the line that "man never is, but always 10 bbe, blessed." You never get every: thing doing well simultaneously.
One notable fact may be montioned. So long as Mr, Stimson was concerned with the crisis "the went out of office with Mr. Hoover on March 4, 1993, only three weeks bo-fore Japan leit the League) sonally saw, every day, all "the Washingion correspondents of the chief "American newspapers, told them all he was doing and, $0. to speak, threw himself on their dite eration. Lis confidence in them was hot misplaced, and American opinion was both well-informed and well-Jed in the erisia, "Of course after the bombing of Chapel public. i ignatian rose beyond any news: Paper's control. But Mr. Stimsor relations with the Press had a double value. Not only was he able to guide the Journalists, but through them he was in daily direct touch with ths feelings of the public,
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